Puebla

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Average Lifestyle rating: C (range D to A) The city of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and the fourth largest city in Mexico.  It is located between Mexico City and Veracruz in a large valley known as the Valley of Puebla surrounded on four sides by the snow-capped mountains and volcanoes of the [...]

Cuernavaca

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Average Lifestyle rating: B (range C to A) Situated in the central part of Mexico, Cuernavaca is the capital city of the state of Morelos. Fifty-three miles south of Mexico City, and almost directly west of Veracruz, Cuernavaca sits in the center of the Mexican portion of the Central American isthmus.  It is a charming colonial [...]

Campeche

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Average Lifestyle rating: C+ (range D+ to B+) Built in 1517 AD, and located on the southeastern side of the Yucatán Peninsula, Campeche is the capital city of the state of Campeche and an excellent retirement destination for several reasons. The most important are the low cost of living, affordable real estate, high degree of safety and a [...]

Merida – The White City

Merida

Average Lifestyle rating: B- (range D- to A+) Merida is, not only the capital of the state of Yucatan, it is the financial and cultural center.  It got its nickname, “The White City,” in its early history because most of its buildings were white and the customary clothing worn by the inhabitants was also white.  It is the [...]

The Progreso Corridor

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Average Lifestyle rating: C (range from D- to A-) At the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula on the “Flamingo Coast” is a string of small fishing communities.  Beginning at Chuburna and running east on Carreterra 27 for about 50 kilometers to Telchac Puerto, these villages vary in size and modernity.  Progreso, largest of them, has a [...]